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4.2 Using The Input Bar

The following is a list of keybindings for the Input Bar. Users of Emacs will recognize them.

DEL

Delete the character before point (delete-backward-char).

M-DEL

Kill back to the beginning of the previous word (backward-kill-word).

C-d
Delete

Delete the character after point (delete-forward-char).

M-d

Kill forward to the end of the next word (forward-kill-word).

C-f
Right

Move forward one character (forward-char).

M-f

Move forward one word (forward-word).

C-b
Left

Move backward one character (backward-char).

M-b

Move backward one word (backward-word).

C-a
Home

Move to the beginning of the current line (move-beginning-of-line).

C-e
End

Move to the end of the current line (move-end-of-line).

C-k

Kill to the end of the line (kill-line).

C-u

Kill to the beginning of the line (kill-to-beginning), the same as C-a C-k.

C-p
Up

Move to the next earlier entry saved in the command history (history-back).

C-n
Down

Move to the next later entry saved in the command history (history-forward).

RET

Submit the entered command (submit).

C-g

Abort the current action by closing the Input Bar (abort).

C-y

Paste text from clipboard into the Input Bar (yank-selection).

TAB

Clockwise tab complete the current string, if possible. Press TAB again to cycle through completions.

S-TAB

Counter-clockwise tab complete the current string, if possible. Press S-TAB again to cycle through completions.


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